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23% of PC gamers probably can't play Alan Wake 2. Here's why | Digital Trends

Alan Wake 2 looks like a demanding game, but new details reveal just how taxing the upcoming Remedy title could be.

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According to a now-deleted tweet from a Remedy employee, somewhere around 23% of PC players won’t be able to play the game.

To be clear, the employee didn’t say that number explicitly. In response to the outcry over the Alan Wake 2 system requirements, the employee shared that only cards with mesh shaders are officially supported, meaning any Nvidia 10-series or AMD RX 5000-series GPUs or older aren’t officially supported.

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I did some quick math on Steam’s latest hardware survey, and that accounts for somewhere between 23% and 25% of participants, depending on if you count integrated graphics or not. The number is much larger if you include Nvidia’s GTX 16-series graphics cards, which support mesh shaders, but fall below the minimum requirements for Alan Wake 2.

The developer says that cards without mesh shader support will still run the game, but you’ll likely experience much lower performance. It points to the example of an RX 5700 XT and RX 6600 showing a large gap in Alan Wake 2 despite having similar performance otherwise. Strict mesh shader support, according to the developer, came up after the team experienced “lots of perfs issues and bugs” with a vertex shader path, leading the development team to officially drop support for it.

 

[64bitmodels]

considering the amount of people who refuse to install anything Epic related by principle, that number should go up to..... 98%

 

[chaseroni]

I think that's fine.

 

[ReBurn]

More than that won't be able to play it because it won't be on Steam and they won't buy from EGS.

 

[analog_future]

100% of PS4 players won’t be able to play Alan Wake II.


Crazy, I know!

 

[T4keD0wN]

More like 90% since it seems you wont get playable performance without frame generation.

 

[SmokedMeat]

More like 90% since it seems you wont get playable performance without frame generation.

That’s 100% of consoles then.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Good, time to upgrade bitches.

 

[RoboFu]

Peasants…

 

[OverHeat]

Peasants…

Exactly

 

[T4keD0wN]

That’s 100% of consoles then.

Nah, they intend to make sales on console, they will get it working there. The pc version only exists to support a launcher and promote nvidia gpus. Sales there dont matter since they give it for free with gpus that are capable of running it acceptably.
I think i might buy it if its not too scary, it looks pretty nice.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Sucks for them because this game looks amazing:

 

[lh032]

I think this game could be a massive disappointment in term of sales

Really hoping the performance on ps5 is good

 

[rodrigolfp]

Won't be? Who is forbidding them to upgrade?

 

[phant0m]

considering the amount of people who refuse to install anything Epic related by principle, that number should go up to..... 98%

Reason #2 why I’m getting it on PS5. #1 is OLED+Atmos in the living room

 

[phant0m]

Sucks for them because this game looks amazing:

B-b-but in the other thread just yesterday everyone was saying how it doesn’t even look that good just justify those reqs!!

Please tell me what to believe GAF so I can post your opinion on twitter and Reddit

 

[MikeM]

Peasants…

If you are going to do PCMR, open your damn wallet.

… or get a console lol

 

[Mortisfacio]

If they give this game away for free at some point, I'll pick it up. Or will pay if it moves to Steam. Loved the first one and loved Control, but I just can't support EGS with their attempts to moneyhat 3rd party exclusivity.

 

[OverHeat]

If you are going to do PCMR, open your damn wallet.

… or get a console lol

Finally the truth as been said!!!

 

[64bitmodels]

If you are going to do PCMR, open your damn wallet.

… or get a console lol

 

[bender]

23% of PC players are blessed then. 100% of PC players can run Remedy's last great game since it came out in 2003.

 

[64bitmodels]

23% of PC players are blessed then. 100% of PC players can run Remedy's last great game since it came out in 2003.

Control came out in 2019 not 2003.

 

[bender]

Control came out in 2019 not 2003.

I said "great" game.

 

[Gaiff]

Already a thread.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/alan...pport-rdna1-or-pascal-and-older-gpus.1662607/

Plus this one.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/alan...eal-1080p-60fps.1662629/page-5#post-268550408

 

[64bitmodels]

I said "great" game.

Exactly.

 

[Krathoon]

I bumped up to a 4070RTX so it better work.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Sucks for them because this game looks amazing:

This game has "I bought this just to benchmark my rig" written all over it.

 

[Gaiff]

This game has "I bought this just to benchmark my rig" written all over it.

Yeah, "bought"...

 

[Hoddi]

I'm just glad that we're finally getting proper 'next-gen' games and it was always a given that certain PC gamers would get mad over it. This happens every time there's a new console generation and it's two years late if anything.

 

[amigastar]

This game is made for RTX 4060 and upwards cards.

 

[tommycronin]

Remedy gonna say when the sales are low its not their fault its just that a lot of people aren't able to run the game.

 

[Mister Wolf]

This game has "I bought this just to benchmark my rig" written all over it.

Then you obviously didn't enjoy the shared world storyline of Alan Wake 1 and Control.

 

[ManaByte]

Yes it won’t run on seven year old GPUs. It also won’t run on the PS3 or X360.

 

[Arsic]

I’ll be on Geforce plus premium go beyond plus ultra to play this one.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Leave the peasants behind

 

[Danjin44]

Console master race?

 

[Guilty_AI]

Then you obviously didn't enjoy the shared world storyline of Alan Wake 1 and Control.

As a matter of fact, i didn't. Alan wake was cool for its time but became very repetitive. Control's storyline is a complete mess and plain uninteresting, not to mention it constantly intrudes on the fun but also repetitive combat.

 

[adamsapple]

Yes it won’t run on seven year old GPUs. It also won’t run on the PS3 or X360.

Around 100% of PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One players won't be able to play Alan Wake 2.

 

[Mister Wolf]

As a matter of fact, i didn't. Alan wake was cool for its time but became very repetitive. Control's storyline is a complete mess and plain uninteresting, not to mention it constantly intrudes on the fun but also repetitive combat.

Well that's where we will agree to disagree Guilty Ai. I enjoyed watching Alan's battle and attempted escape from The Dark Presence and Jessie's battle with The Hiss inside The World Tree.

 

[intbal]

Around 100% of PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One players won't be able to play Alan Wake 2.

Unless it's available through the Cloud.

 

[adamsapple]

Unless it's available through the Cloud.

True, but then those 23% of PC folks will also be able to use Geforce Now or thereabout.

 

[MoreJRPG]

*Laughs in 4090*

 

[Guilty_AI]

Well that's where we will agree to disagree Guilty Ai. I enjoyed watching Alan's battle and attempted escape from The Dark Presence and Jessie's battle with The Hiss inside The World Tree.

Yeah but, how many agree with me? Try and imagine how much people would even be interested in this if it had "normal" graphics.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Yeah but, how many agree with me? Try and imagine how much people would even be interested in this if it had "normal" graphics.

Well now we get two groups with some customers shared between them. The fans of Remedy's shared universe, the graphics whores, and people like me who are both. Remedy is getting funding from Epic and Nvidia for this game. I'm sure they will be ok if some people decide not to play it. Especially people who didn't enjoy their games in the first place.

 

[Danjin44]

Yeah but, how many agree with me? Try and imagine how much people would even be interested in this if it had "normal" graphics.

I think most people here know I’m no graphic whore, I’m interested in this game because I enjoyed original Alan Wake…..graphics was never and never will be selling point for any game.

 

[amigastar]

I think most people here know I’m no graphic whore, I’m interested in this game because I enjoyed original Alan Wake…..graphics was never and never will be selling point for any game.

Same, i couldn't get into Crysis and that was a graphics showcase.

 

[Represent.]

I think most people here know I’m no graphic whore, I’m interested in this game because I enjoyed original Alan Wake…..graphics was never and never will be selling point for any game.

Shiny new Graphics are literally the entire selling point of every new console generation and new GPU release

 

[Danjin44]

Same, i couldn't get into Crysis and that was a graphics showcase.

Novelty of high tech graphic last about hour or so after that if the game is not fun then I’m gonna stop playing.

Shiny new Graphics are literally the entire selling point of every new console generation and new GPU release

For you maybe but not me, at end of the day if the game doesn’t deliver on gameplay or story then those “shiny new graphics” are pointless to me.

 

[EDMIX]

"wHy dAy nO mAkE pC exCluSiVeZ nO mOrEz?" - PC Master Inbred probably...

 

[Zathalus]

"wHy dAy nO mAkE pC exCluSiVeZ nO mOrEz?" - PC Master Inbred probably...

There are more PC exclusives out there then console exclusive titles.